The Tale of a Debt-Collecting Cultivator

Chen Shi is twenty-eight, works in building-materials sales, and earns a base salary of 3,800 yuan. His boss stiffs him on 6,000 yuan in commission, his landlord raises the rent by 200 yuan, and a client stands him up three times.

His father worked as a construction foreman all his life. When the job was done, he couldn't get paid. He spent the night smoking outside the construction site, then went to plead with the client the next day with two bottles of liquor. He got 12,000 yuan back, while the remaining 25,000 was lost when the company was deregistered. His father lost at just one thing in life: he did the work, but couldn't bring himself to ask for the money.

Chen Shi gets a bead, and a panel appears in his mind: